Hame-fastener



(No Model.)

P. N. RANKIN.

HAME FASTENER.

Patented Dec. 8, 1885.

. INVENTOR 1% ATTORNEYS WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK N. RANKIN, OF SHELBYVILLE, TENNESSEE.

HAM E-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,107, dated December8. 1885. Application filed August 3, 1885. Serial No. 173,415. (Nomodel.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK N. RANKIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Shellbyville, in the county of Bedford and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HameFasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention, andshows the fastener in section. Fig. 2 is a perspective View.

My invention relates to hamefasteners designed to be applied toplow-gear in lieu of the top and bottom hame-strings, and tobuggy-harness and wagon-harness; and it consists in the construction andnovel combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates thebase-plate of the hamefastener, which is provided near one end with twotransverse parallel slots, B O, and

at the other end with two ears or lugs, D E,

between which ears a cam-lever, F, is fulcrumed.

G designates the hame-strap, which has one end, G, passed down throughthe transverse slot B and then up through the slot 0, the end of thestrap G projecting just above the face of the plate A. The other end, H,of the strap G is passed along the top of the plate A and beneath thecam F of the cam-lever F, thence under and along the base-plate A and upthrough the slot 0. The strap G is then passed through the appropriatemetal loop on the hame, and the end H of the strap is passed under thecam of the lever F, and the lever F is operated to cause the cam F tobear against the strap G, which will cause the strap G to be held firmlyin place. By raising the lever F the cam F will be moved away from thestrap,and the latter will be released and may be withdrawn. The greaterthe strain upon the strap the tighter will the cam bind the strap inplace. By this construction no stitching is required to secure thehame-fastener in place.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

The combination, with the hames, of the baseplate A, having the parallelslots at one end and the lugs D E at the opposite end, the cam-lever F,journaled in the said lugs, and the strap connected to the ends of thehames in loop form, with one end carried longitudinally around the saidplate and through the parallel slots and detachably secured to saidplate, and the opposite end secured to the plate by means of thecam-lever, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK N. RANKIN.

Witnesses:

J. L. HUTTON, E. SHEPARD.

